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California Prosecutors Seek to Retry Peterson for Death Penalty

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|Date: October 24, 2020
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California Prosecutors Seek to Retry Peterson for Death Penalty

By Layla Mustafa MODESTO – Convicted murderer Scott Peterson returned to Stanislaus County Friday, as Cal ...

By Layla Mustafa MODESTO – Convicted murderer Scott Peterson returned to Stanislaus County Friday, as Californian prosecutors announced plans to retry Peterson for the death penalty. Peterson—located ...

October 24, 2020
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Commentary: Scott Peterson’s Case May Return for a New Trial – and It Should

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|Date: October 16, 2020
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Commentary: Scott Peterson’s Case May Return for a New Trial – and It Should

By David Greenwald While last month the California Supreme Court threw out the death penalty in the Scott ...

By David Greenwald While last month the California Supreme Court threw out the death penalty in the Scott Peterson case, that was almost a moot point because there effectively is not a death penalty i ...

October 16, 2020
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Black Tennessee Man with Intellectual Disability and Strong Innocence Petitions Governor Lee for Clemency

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|Date: October 06, 2020
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Black Tennessee Man with Intellectual Disability and Strong Innocence Petitions Governor Lee for Clemency

By Victoria Lembesis NASHVILLE, TN - Attorneys for Pervis Payne petitioned the governor here Monday to sp ...

By Victoria Lembesis NASHVILLE, TN - Attorneys for Pervis Payne petitioned the governor here Monday to spare his life from his execution conviction—he is petitioning for clemency on the grounds that, ...

October 06, 2020
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First Amendment Coalition Fights Secret Hearings in Death Penalty Case

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|Date: September 29, 2020
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First Amendment Coalition Fights Secret Hearings in Death Penalty Case

By Kalani E. Gaines The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) has been taking the steps needed in order to ensu ...

By Kalani E. Gaines The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) has been taking the steps needed in order to ensure public access continues to be available in a Kern County death penalty case. "There is an ex ...

September 29, 2020
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RBG Recognized, Criminal Justice Reform Focus of Justice Event

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|Date: September 27, 2020
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RBG Recognized, Criminal Justice Reform Focus of Justice Event

By Fiona Deane-Grundman Kerry Abrams, the dean of Duke Law School, introduced the celebration of the rena ...

By Fiona Deane-Grundman Kerry Abrams, the dean of Duke Law School, introduced the celebration of the renaming of the Center for Science at Justice at Duke Law, which included a panel discussion modera ...

September 27, 2020
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Judge Halts Death Penalty Proceedings, Orders DNA Evidence Granted to Pervis Payne

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|Date: September 17, 2020
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Judge Halts Death Penalty Proceedings, Orders DNA Evidence Granted to Pervis Payne

By Alana Bleimann TENNESSEE - This morning, September 16, 2020, Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne w ...

By Alana Bleimann TENNESSEE - This morning, September 16, 2020, Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne was told he has a second chance at life. Currently spending his 33rd year on death row in Riverb ...

September 17, 2020
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Former Illinois Governor Slams Death Penalty in ‘Death Penalty Focus’ Series

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|Date: September 17, 2020
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Former Illinois Governor Slams Death Penalty in ‘Death Penalty Focus’ Series

By Nina Hall Former Governor of Illinois and author, George Ryan, denounces the death penalty in an inter ...

By Nina Hall Former Governor of Illinois and author, George Ryan, denounces the death penalty in an interview with Death Penalty Focus’s Nancy Haydt, Ryan stating, “The death penalty is going to be ab ...

September 17, 2020
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On Wednesday, a Tennessee Court Decides on Allowing DNA Testing – Pervis Payne’s Life Depends on It.

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|Date: September 15, 2020
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On Wednesday, a Tennessee Court Decides on Allowing DNA Testing – Pervis Payne’s Life Depends on It.

By Alana Bleimann TENNESSEE – Pervis Payne may know this coming Wednesday if he’ll be killed Dec. 3 or no ...

By Alana Bleimann TENNESSEE – Pervis Payne may know this coming Wednesday if he’ll be killed Dec. 3 or not. On September 16 of this year, the Shelby County Criminal Court will issue a decision on Payn ...

September 15, 2020
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Charges against Curtis Flowers Are Finally Dropped – After 23 Years on Death Row, He Goes Free

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|Date: September 07, 2020
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Charges against Curtis Flowers Are Finally Dropped – After 23 Years on Death Row, He Goes Free

By Gabriela Tsudik A Mississippi man, Curtis Flowers, who was tried six times for a single case after two ...

By Gabriela Tsudik A Mississippi man, Curtis Flowers, who was tried six times for a single case after two decades of trials, is finally free. Curtis Flowers was subjected to 23 years behind bars and, ...

September 07, 2020
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Coalition Groups Urge District Attorney to Support DNA Testing for Man on Death Row

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|Date: September 01, 2020
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Coalition Groups Urge District Attorney to Support DNA Testing for Man on Death Row

By Julietta Bisharyan MEMPHIS - For more than three decades after being sentenced to death, Pervis Payne ...

By Julietta Bisharyan MEMPHIS - For more than three decades after being sentenced to death, Pervis Payne has maintained his innocence. With his execution date on Dec. 3, 2020, looming, DNA testing cou ...

September 01, 2020
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Death Penalty Reversed in Scott Peterson Case, but Guilt Remains

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 25, 2020
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Death Penalty Reversed in Scott Peterson Case, but Guilt Remains

The California Supreme Court on Monday threw out the death penalty in the case of Scott Peterson but left ...

The California Supreme Court on Monday threw out the death penalty in the case of Scott Peterson but left intact the murder conviction. The state has the option to retry to the penalty phase, but, gi ...

August 25, 2020
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Navajo Nation Asks Trump to Commute Death Sentence before Aug. 26 Execution

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|Date: August 14, 2020
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Navajo Nation Asks Trump to Commute Death Sentence before Aug. 26 Execution

By Ayanna Gandhi Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has made a personal appeal to Pres. Donald Trump, a ...

By Ayanna Gandhi Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has made a personal appeal to Pres. Donald Trump, asking that he commute the sentence of Lezmond Mitchell, who is the only Native American set to ...

August 14, 2020
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Facing Dec. Execution, Pervis Payne Asks Court for DNA Testing as New Evidence in 30-Year-Old Case

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|Date: August 08, 2020
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Facing Dec. Execution, Pervis Payne Asks Court for DNA Testing as New Evidence in 30-Year-Old Case

By Angelina Caplanis TENNESSEE – DNA testing of 30-year-old evidence, including the murder weapon, may e ...

By Angelina Caplanis TENNESSEE – DNA testing of 30-year-old evidence, including the murder weapon, may exonerate Pervis Payne months before his execution date on December 3, 2020. Payne—an intellectu ...

August 08, 2020
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No Body, No Weapon, No Crime Scene – How Disappearance Led to Guilty Conviction

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|Date: August 05, 2020
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No Body, No Weapon, No Crime Scene – How Disappearance Led to Guilty Conviction

By Elizabeth Cho SANTA CLARA – More than five years after Morgan Hill teenager Sierra LaMar went missin ...

By Elizabeth Cho SANTA CLARA – More than five years after Morgan Hill teenager Sierra LaMar went missing in 2012, Antolin Garcia-Torres was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of par ...

August 05, 2020
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Analysis: CDCR Has NOT Reduced Its Prison Population Below 100,000

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 04, 2020
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Analysis: CDCR Has NOT Reduced Its Prison Population Below 100,000

Last week you may have seen it, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced on ...

Last week you may have seen it, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced on Thursday that it had reduced its prison population below 100,000 incarcerated people for the fi ...

August 04, 2020
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Memphis District Attorney Opposes Death Row Man’s Petition for DNA Testing

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|Date: August 01, 2020
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Memphis District Attorney Opposes Death Row Man’s Petition for DNA Testing

By Zhuoshan Liu MEMPHIS, TN - Friday, Pervis Payne’s attorney’s request for DNA testing was opposed by Sh ...

By Zhuoshan Liu MEMPHIS, TN - Friday, Pervis Payne’s attorney’s request for DNA testing was opposed by Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich. Payne, a Black man with an intellectual disability a ...

August 01, 2020
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Wrongful Convictions Disproportionately Impact Black and Brown People

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 30, 2020
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Wrongful Convictions Disproportionately Impact Black and Brown People

In two weeks, Laurese Glover will join us for our 10th annual Vanguard fundraiser. The keynote speaker i ...

In two weeks, Laurese Glover will join us for our 10th annual Vanguard fundraiser. The keynote speaker is Mark Godsey, the Director of the Ohio Innocence Project. Laurese Glover, along with Eugene Jo ...

July 30, 2020
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Conservatives Opposed to Death Penalty Argue Other Conservatives Wrong

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|Date: July 30, 2020
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Conservatives Opposed to Death Penalty Argue Other Conservatives Wrong

By Nicholas Gardner SACRAMENTO---Death Penalty Focus, an anti-death penalty organization based in Sacrame ...

By Nicholas Gardner SACRAMENTO---Death Penalty Focus, an anti-death penalty organization based in Sacramento, convened Wednesday over Zoom as part of their weekly webinar series on the current state o ...

July 30, 2020
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Innocent Black Man is Six Months Away from Execution

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|Date: July 25, 2020
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Innocent Black Man is Six Months Away from Execution

By Gabriela Tsudik TENNESSEE – About four months from now, on Dec. 3, 2020, Pervis Payne, 53, is schedule ...

By Gabriela Tsudik TENNESSEE – About four months from now, on Dec. 3, 2020, Pervis Payne, 53, is scheduled to be executed in Tennessee, after spending 32 years on death row. Payne is an African-Americ ...

July 25, 2020
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Santa Clara DA Unveils ‘Bend the Arc’ Social Justice Reforms, Abandons Death Penalty

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|Date: July 23, 2020
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Santa Clara DA Unveils ‘Bend the Arc’ Social Justice Reforms, Abandons Death Penalty

By Linh Nguyen SANTA CLARA – Nearly two months after the killing of George Floyd, Santa Clara District At ...

By Linh Nguyen SANTA CLARA – Nearly two months after the killing of George Floyd, Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen has announced—as have other DA offices nationwide—social justice reforms that ...

July 23, 2020
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